John 16:4
I have spoken these things to you so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you about these things in the beginning, because I was with you.
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In Context
3They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
5But now I go to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
Cross References
Isaiah 41:22Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen, 1 so we may know these things well. 1 Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled. 1
Matthew 10:7and as you go, preach and say, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
Mark 2:19Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Luke 21:12But before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you over to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors because of my name.
John 14:29Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you will believe.
Acts 9:16for I will show him how much he must suffer for the cause of my name.”
Matthew Henry on John 16:2-7
Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure. 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,… Read the whole commentary →